Reviews: Rakunas, Adam

Windswept —
Adam Rakunas
Windswept, book 1

Adam
Rakunas’ 2015
Windswept
is
the first volume of his
Windswept
series. Me being me, I read the second book, Like
a Boss
,
first. Whoops. But I am nothing if not a completist.

Padma
Mehta is experienced enough to know not to trust any deal offered by
professional scam artist Vytai Bloombeck, especially one as too good
to be true as this: forty potential
Breaches,
defectors from the exploitative labour contracts of the Big Three
that run most of Occupied Space. But Padma is desperate to retire to
the life of a distillery owner and all that stands between her and
that goal is her recruitment quota. Desperation overwhelms prudence.

Like a Boss —
Adam Rakunas
Windswept, book 2

Adam
Rakunas’ 2016 Like
a Boss
is a sequel to 2015’s Windswept.

Padma
Mehta has not only survived her adventures in Windswept,
but has become the new owner of a distillery. On the minus side,
having her own business and being enough of a folk hero to have her
own song doesn’t make up for the fact that her bold stratagem to save
the galactic economy left her a trillion yuan in debt1. Not to
mention that being a boss is an odd situation for a steadfast union
organizer like Padma.

Not
to worry! Soon her current situation will appear much more pleasant.
Only by contrast, alas, because things are going to get much worse
for Padma and her hometown, Santee Anchorage.